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GAZE INTO THE FACE OF DREDD
By Charles EP Murphy Judge Dredd is the Law. A faceless, implacable force, he is never seen without his helmet – there’s no display of...
Feb 21, 20209 min read


Africa during the Scramble: Zulus, Thousands of them
By Gary Oswald In 1951, the word to indicate Z in the phonetic alphabet for radio communication was changed from Zebra to the more...
Feb 19, 202011 min read


Chains of Consequences: How British Wartime Evacuation Created Top Gear
By Tom Anderson As the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British government knew that it would become necessary to...
Feb 17, 20208 min read


The Draka Series In Hindsight
By Colin Salt After hearing about them for so long, I felt I had to read the actual Draka books for myself. Remembering their reputation...
Feb 15, 20204 min read


Who Killed the Western?
By Ryan Fleming 1969. A significant year in many respects. The year of the first manned Moon landing, the year of Woodstock, the year of...
Feb 14, 202010 min read


PODs of the Thirty Years War XX
By Alex Richards With the death of Wallenstein, the inaction that had held the Imperial army since Lützen was broken, sparking a new...
Feb 12, 20205 min read


Chains of Consequences: How Princess Diana’s Great-Great-Grandfather Created Grand Theft Auto
By Tom Anderson The eyes of the world were turned to Paris on August 31st, 1997, when Diana, Princess of Wales died from injuries...
Feb 10, 202010 min read


Launchbox PoD 8: Mir anarchy is loosed
By Andy Cooke What Could Have Happened... February 1997 The ageing Mir space station could support three people routinely. At the...
Feb 8, 20208 min read


Comics Of Infinite Earths: A Valiant Failure
By Charles EP Murphy Imagine if a successful video game company bought a successful, well-loved comic company. Imagine the possibilities...
Feb 7, 20209 min read


Africa during the Scramble: The Christian
By Gary Oswald Looking at a political Map of Africa in 1870 what is perhaps most striking is how little European control there is....
Feb 5, 202011 min read


Naval Gazing 12: Cold Warriors
By Tom Anderson As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began. The Soviet Union and the Western Allies had always been uneasy...
Feb 3, 202012 min read


PODs of the Thirty Years War XIX
By Alex Richards The Battle of Lützen had been a punishing affair to both sides but, despite the loss of their monarch, it was the Swedes...
Jan 31, 20207 min read


Bond. Well, nearly...
By Ryan Fleming Sometimes an actor can become as famous for the roles they did not get as the ones they did. There are many such examples...
Jan 29, 20208 min read


Chains of Consequence - Jazz, Charlie Brown, and Maths: The Strange Origins of ‘Google’
By Tom Anderson THE sun is setting— Can’t you hear A something in the distance Howl!!? I wonder if it’s— Yes!! it is That horrid Google...
Jan 27, 20207 min read


Launchbox PoD 7: Losing The Initiative - Sticker Shock kills the Space Exploration Initiative
By Andy Cooke The Space Exploration Initiative On July 20th, 1989, President George H W Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative....
Jan 25, 20207 min read


Comics Of Infinite Earths: Renga!
By Charles EP Murphy Renga! All-Brit Action In Yer Face! Renga! Demons and motorbikes and violence! Renga! From the company that...
Jan 24, 20209 min read


The Horrors of Saint Domingo: The Trotsky Option?
By Gary Oswald In 1820, in the aftermath of King Henry’s suicide, troops from the Southern Republic of Haiti invaded the Northern Kingdom...
Jan 22, 202012 min read


Consequences: A Jumbo Article
By Tom Anderson In May 2016, a child climbed into a zoo enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and was grabbed and dragged...
Jan 20, 20207 min read


Moonbase - Episode 11: A World Apart, Part 11
By Samuel O'Slaine Storytelling is an art. It is the art of entertaining an audience by creating a narrative. We decided to try an...
Jan 19, 202016 min read


PODs of the Thirty Years War XVIII
By Alex Richards With the death of Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden’s actions in the Thirty Years War were inevitably to become more constrained...
Jan 16, 20207 min read
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